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Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%)

Name: Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%) by country, 2025
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Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%) league table
#	Country	%	Region	Income
1	Niger	84.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
2	Madagascar	77.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
3	Syrian Arab Republic	76.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
4	Equatorial Guinea	75.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
5	Burundi	75.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
6	Tanzania	75.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
7	Mali	73.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
8	Burkina Faso	71%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
9	Ethiopia	70.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
10	Chad	70.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
11	Uganda	69.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
12	Cameroon	69.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
13	Malawi	68.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
14	Central African Republic	66.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
15	Congo, Rep.	65.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
16	Afghanistan	65%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
17	Benin	64.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
18	Lao PDR	62.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
19	Honduras	62.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
20	Guatemala	61.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
21	Lesotho	60.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
22	Djibouti	60.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
23	Papua New Guinea	59%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
24	Suriname	59%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
25	Senegal	56.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
26	Guinea	56.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
27	Lebanon	55.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
28	Sudan	55.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
29	Mozambique	54.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
30	Gabon	54.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
31	San Marino	54.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Togo	53.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
33	Libya	52.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
34	Solomon Islands	51.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
35	South Sudan	51%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
36	Liberia	50.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
37	Mauritania	50.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Zimbabwe	49.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
39	El Salvador	48.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Guyana	47.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
41	Yemen, Rep.	47.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
42	Guinea-Bissau	45.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
43	Cote d'Ivoire	45.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
44	Comoros	44.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
45	Malaysia	43.9%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
46	India	43.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
47	Eritrea	43.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Cambodia	42.3%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
49	Zambia	40.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
50	Angola	39.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Kiribati	39.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
52	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	38.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
53	Tonga	38.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
54	Nicaragua	38.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
55	Rwanda	37.9%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
56	Dominican Republic	36.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	Bangladesh	36.1%	South Asia	Lower middle income
58	Tuvalu	35.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
59	Paraguay	35.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
60	Nigeria	35%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Gambia, The	34.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
62	Bhutan	34.6%	South Asia	Lower middle income
63	Vanuatu	34.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
64	Mexico	34%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
65	Oman	33.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
66	Botswana	32.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
67	Trinidad and Tobago	30.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
68	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	30.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
69	Ghana	30.3%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
70	British Virgin Islands	29.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Tunisia	29.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
72	Bahamas, The	28.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
73	Romania	28.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Myanmar	28.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
75	St. Lucia	27.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Mauritius	27%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Maldives	26.9%	South Asia	Upper middle income
78	Pakistan	26.7%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
79	Panama	26.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
80	Viet Nam	26.5%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
81	Timor-Leste	26.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
82	Naoero	26.2%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
83	Sierra Leone	26.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	West Bank and Gaza	26.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Ecuador	24.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
86	Brunei Darussalam	23.9%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
87	Kenya	23.5%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
88	Iraq	22.5%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
89	Indonesia	22.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
90	Belize	22%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Bermuda	21.9%	North America	High income
92	Cuba	21.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Samoa	21.4%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Jamaica	21.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Jordan	21%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
96	Nepal	20.7%	South Asia	Lower middle income
97	Hungary	20.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
98	Turkmenistan	20.4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Haiti	20.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
100	Egypt, Arab Rep.	20.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
101	China	20.2%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Algeria	19.8%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
104	Philippines	19.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Sri Lanka	19.2%	South Asia	Upper middle income
106	Cabo Verde	19.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
107	Singapore	18.8%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
108	Morocco	18.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
109	South Africa	17.8%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
110	Iceland	16.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
111	Macao SAR, China	16.4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
112	Qatar	16.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
113	Congo, Dem. Rep.	16.2%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Azerbaijan	16.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
115	Seychelles	15.6%	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
116	Cayman Islands	15.2%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
117	Bolivia	13.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
118	Switzerland	13.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Serbia	13.6%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
120	Kyrgyz Republic	13.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
121	North Macedonia	12.9%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
122	Fiji	12.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
123	Venezuela, RB	12.4%	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
124	Malta	12.2%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
125	Uzbekistan	12.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
126	Marshall Islands	11.8%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
127	Andorra	11.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
128	Eswatini	11.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Sao Tome and Principe	11.7%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
130	Germany	11.2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
131	Armenia	11.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
132	Thailand	10.6%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
133	Canada	10.2%	North America	High income
134	Bulgaria	9.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
135	Luxembourg	9.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
136	Colombia	9.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
137	Iran, Islamic Rep.	9.4%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
138	Barbados	8.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
139	Antigua and Barbuda	8.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
140	Grenada	8.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
141	Mongolia	8.1%	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
142	Estonia	7.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
143	Slovak Republic	7.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
144	Croatia	7.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
145	Peru	7.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
146	Curacao	7.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
147	Uruguay	7.1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
148	Spain	6.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
149	Austria	6.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
150	Belarus	6.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
151	Argentina	6.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
152	Denmark	6.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
153	Italy	5.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
154	Czechia	5.7%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
155	Hong Kong SAR, China	5.5%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
156	Namibia	5.4%	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
157	Norway	5.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
158	United States	5.1%	North America	High income
159	Kazakhstan	5.1%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
160	Costa Rica	4.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Monaco	4.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
162	Brazil	4.7%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
163	Dominica	4.6%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
164	Palau	4.6%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
165	Israel	4.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
166	United Kingdom	4.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
167	New Zealand	4%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
168	Moldova	4%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
169	Albania	3.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Greece	3.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Finland	3.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	Ukraine	3.3%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
173	Tajikistan	3.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
174	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2.9%	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
175	Bahrain	2.1%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
176	Liechtenstein	2.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
177	Latvia	2%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
178	Russian Federation	1.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
179	Turkiye	1.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
180	Belgium	1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
181	Netherlands	1.5%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
182	France	1.4%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
183	Slovenia	1.3%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
184	Australia	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
185	Korea, Rep.	1.3%	East Asia & Pacific	High income
186	Cyprus	1.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
187	Aruba	1%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
188	Poland	0.9%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
189	Sweden	0.8%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
190	Chile	0.8%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
191	Montenegro	0.8%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
192	Saudi Arabia	0.6%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
193	Lithuania	0.6%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
194	Turks and Caicos Islands	0.5%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
195	United Arab Emirates	0.3%	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
196	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	0.3%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
197	Georgia	0.2%	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
198	Ireland	0.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
199	Portugal	0.1%	Europe & Central Asia	High income
200	St. Kitts and Nevis	0%	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
201	Japan	0%	East Asia & Pacific	High income

Out-of-school rate for youth of upper secondary school age, male (modelled data) (%)